Tuesday, December 31, 2019

BAFTA WINNING | A LOVE STORY by nushypeas



Told through the medium of stop motion, two characters, cocooned in their love, go on a heart breaking journey of self discovery. The richly textured world, made from soft cloud like fabrics, is a deceptively innocent space for the raw pain of the the lovers as they fight tooth and nail to hold on to what they once had. Their woven faces are kissed, knotted, ripped and torn in equal measure, ever-weathering in the harsh reality of love. It's a love story, but not like you've seen before. Awards Bafta 2017 | Winner Animation Short category Japan Media Arts Festival 2017 | Excellence Award New Orleans Film Festival | Audience Award, Short Animation Category Rhode Island Film Festival | Grand Prize; Best Experimental Film Award Cilect |Joint first prize- Animation Award British Animation Awards 2018 | Outstanding Student Award Production Team Director Anushka Naanayakkara https://ift.tt/2MvPhMM Written By Elena Ruscombe-King & Anushka Naanayakkara Produced By Khaled Gad DOP Yinka Edward & Alvilde Naterstad https://ift.tt/2Mut9CA https://ift.tt/2QrFQzo Editor: Joseph Comar https://ift.tt/351MEIV Production Design Solrun Osk Jondottir www.solrunosk.com Composer Victor Hugo Fumagalli https://ift.tt/34Zlxyl Sound Marcin Szumilas https://ift.tt/2Qgy9vG Lead Animators Anushka Naanayakkara & Ivan Sarrion Soria VFX Team Teng Ye, Eloise Tomplinson & Gillian Simpson Colourist Vlad Barin Production Coordinator Ines Lourenco

THE OTHER SIDE by Thomas Blanchard



No FX, just shooting with inks & paintings. "The Other Side" is an experimental dreamlike video rocking. The visual compositions have been created out of paint, oil, inks and soap. The Other Side is an idyllic way to get in the eyes. The retinas of the eyes tear and we circulate in the optic nerves to see all the exchanges of information that occur when we contemplate the world. All videos were filmed in 8K with the RED Helium camera. The editing of the video is in 4K. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Music by Alexis Dehimi https://ift.tt/2LmBGIo Co produced by Ekitaimacro // Thomas Blanchard Greenlight Films // Paul Mignot and Léa Morel Thomas blanchard https://ift.tt/sZ3rHt Thank you to all those people who lent me their eyes: Emilie Grange Catherine Igonenc-Buczek Jean-Yves Igonenc Mathieu Chavagnat Elisabeth Serrano Laëtitia Riusciti Stephan Blanchard

IN DUE TIME by Ride Snowboards



Monday, December 30, 2019

"Yellow" (director's cut) by Anthony Pham



A short film exploring Asian American identity. Starring: Justin Chon, Jeff Staple, Mimi zhu, Andrew Thomas Huang, Dumbfounded, Yellowtech, Mistress Lucy Sweetkill, Sherry cola, Geena Rocero, Far near mag Director: Anthony Pham Producer: Abby Wu Creative Director: Tin Mai Executive Producer: Christopher Heinrich, Jesse Chorng Director of Photography: Joseph D’Aleo, Andrew Yuyi Truong Editor: Olaf Woldan Colorist: Kaitlyn Battistelli Sound Design: Jackie! Zhou New York Unit Production Designer: Prisca Choe Camera Operators: Jason Ano, Gabriel Noguez Sound: Jimmy Chorng Gaffer: Sam Titus Key Grip: Ron Varga HMU: Yuui Vision Los Angeles Unit Line Producer: Catie Bellinger Associate Producer: Roland Castro, Nicholas Cipollina 1st AC: Mike Stanislawski 2nd AC: Desiree Huang Production Designer: Rebecca Contreras Art Director: Sami DeMars Sound: Anthony Kozlowski, Brendan Johnson Gaffer: Christopher Williams Key Grip: Angel Villarreal G&E Swing: Mark Rodriguez HMU: Shea Hardy

A Walk With Dad by Ryan O'Connor



In 2001 my mum died. Her headstone stands atop the Haytor summit in Devon. It's been 12 years since I visited her last. Recently, Dad and I returned...

The LOST SCOUT by Radio



The woods are dark and deep and full of terrors. The Lost Scout - a Halloween experiment by Radio. Sound and SFX Mt Wave

THE PROCESS by HenrikBC



DIRECTION +3D +COMP +EDIT: Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen HAPPY ANIMALS +SPACESHIP: Lyuba Halacheva MUSIC: Puryx SOUND MASTERING: lug00ber Inspiration turns to aspiration, turns to exasperation, turns to exhaustion - and then you forget the horrors of past attempts and start the whole ordeal all over again. This is The Process. Released at TRSAC, held in Denmark, in the fall of 2019, as an entry in the Animation category. It won the competition. SOFTWARE USED: 3ds max | V-Ray | After Effects | Premiere | Gaea | Reason

Sunday, December 29, 2019

DOG EAT DOG - Rikke Gregersen by Salaud Morisset



FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION - BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM - https://ift.tt/2Kwh9j1 Norwegian with English subtitles - Student Academy Awards Winner - **SYNOPSIS** Silje wants to leave her boyfriend, but when she finds him in a half-hearted attempt to hang himself she has to reconsider, in fear of acting reckless. **CAST & CREW** *CREW* Director: Rikke Gregersen Writer: Rikke Gregersen Producer: Rebekka Rognøy Cinematographer: Torjus Thesen Editor: Espen Skjong Knutsen Sound Designer: Hans Ekevi og Lars Andreas *CAST* Silje: Renate Reinsve Thomas: Andrè Sørum Kathrine: Eili Harboe Eirik: Vebjørn Enger **FESTIVALS & AWARDS** *AWARDS* Student academy awards. 2019, Los Angeles. 5th place in fiction, CILECT prize. 2019, Cannes. Special jury award, student BAFTA. 2019, Los Angeles. Gnist-prisen, The Norwegian Short Film Festival. 2019, Grimstad. Special mention Gullstolen, The Norwegian Short Film Festival. 2019, Grimstad. Best Cinematography, Amandus International Student Film Festival. 2019, Lillehammer. *NOMINATIONS* International Competition, Raindance Film Festival. 2019, London. Drama-film Competition, Aesthetica Short Film Festival. 2019, York. International Competition, Tel Aviv Student Film Festival. 2019, Tel Aviv. Next Generation, Brussels Short Film Festival. 2019, Brussel.
 Nordic Mid Competition, Sundsvall Film Fest. 2019, Sundsvall. Next Nordic Generation, Filmfestivalen i Haugesund. 2018, Haugesund. **CONTACTS** *Salaud Morisset - Distribution - festival@salaudmorisset.com *Benoit Berthe Siward - PR / Press Inquieries - benoit@animationshowcase.com https://ift.tt/2QA70FI https://twitter.com/salaudmorisset?lang=fr https://ift.tt/2CUgcgf https://ift.tt/37mLgmy

COWBOY DAVE by Colin O'Toole



2018 BAFTA WINNER - BRITISH SHORT Based on a true story. Released: 19.12.19 Starring Sam Spruell, Steve Evets, Christine Bottomley, Dylan Naden and Matt Raikes. www.cowboydavefilm.com www.colinotoole.co.uk www.jonasmortensen.com Instagram: colin_m_otoole

Saturday, December 28, 2019

LIVE FAST, DRAW YUNG by DALLAS



The story of Yung Lenox: Rap's most prolific (7-year-old) portraitist. Described by LA Weekly as the 'Foremost Doodler of Rap', this hilariously endearing film follows Seattle's 7-year-old rap portraitist, Yung Lenox, and his Dad, Skip - an unconventional artistic duo simultaneously navigating the tumultuous worlds of rap and modern-day-parenting. Through Lenox's eyes, ears and encounters with rappers such as Kool Keith and Cam'ron, the film presents an innocent entry point into the idolized and often explicit world of hip hop. It reconsiders the age-old parental advisory debate and the realities of a kid growing up in an adult world. As Skip confronts criticism about his intentions and parenting, Lenox remains unfazed. In his world, art is 'medium important' compared to school, Lego's and Minecraft. And that's why the kid is everyone's favorite artist. Directed by Stacey Lee & Anthony Mathile DP: Jacob Rosen Producer: Stacey Lee Associate Producers: Corbett Jones, Anna Rau, Jacob Rosen, Marina Cukeric Additional Camera: Frank Mobilio Editor: Anthony Mathile, Matthew Charof Supervising Editor: Joe Peeler Music Composition: Aaron Stein-Chester Audio Post Production: One Thousand Birds Sound Editing / Mixing: Andrew Tracy, Calvin Hunting Pia Colorist: Matt Conrad Stills Photography: Brook Fetch, Jordan Nicholson, Skip Class Title Design: Nicci Martinez, Hannah Souter Poster Design: Jon Santos Special Thanks: Carmody Brothers, Spencer Breen, Erik Perry, British Young, Lee Gibson, Karie Higgins, Andrew Gurguis, From the Range Films Starring: Yung Lenox, Skip Buringrad, Megan Bingham, Cam'ron & Kool Keith

Process ~ The Game Awards by Panoply



A peek into the creative processes for the visual expressions in our recent project - https://ift.tt/2Rml06D Audio Human Robot Soul

Friday, December 27, 2019

DUERRENWAID 8 by Sticky Frames



Sticky Frames presents: DUERRENWAID 8 by Kirsten Carina Geißer and Ines Christine Geißer 06:50 min // 2018 A house, a garden, a stream. The beehive on the hillside, the shack, the wooden hut and the shed. In between we find memories, stories and observations. The past, the present and the future. team: script, direction, animation: Kirsten Carina Geißer, Ines Christine Geißer (kiin.) production: Ines Christine Geißer editing: Ines Christine Geißer sound: Jan Kristian Fuchs, Michael Jason Parker Beckett music: FUCHS & BECKETT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8vZOiMI1nI funded by FFA, Hessenfilm und Medien with support from DIAF and International Animated Filmworkshop Lanckorona filmtype: short film, animation, animadoc, portrait, experimental, documentary https://ift.tt/2sLOlgm https://ift.tt/2QaMGc8 trailer: https://ift.tt/2Z9DpFv DUERRENWAID 8 is printed on RISO GR 3770 and RISO GR 2750 you can support us by buying these riso printed flip books taken from the film: https://ift.tt/2sTvArd https://ift.tt/2MhhhDU ..................................................................................... Festivals: Kasseler Dokfest (Germany) Film Free and Easy Goes to Print! - Leicester Print Workshop, January 25, 2019 (GB) Rising of Lusitania, 2019 (GB) 4° Festival Internacional de Cine de Bayamón, Puerto Rico (USA) Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (the Netherlands) The FINDECOIN - Independent  International Short Film Festival "The day is short“ (Venezuela) - February 25 - 27 Athens Animfest (Greece) IndieLisboa (Portugal) Kinder- und Jugendfilmwettbewerb der 65. Internationalen Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (Germany) 21st Mo&Friese Children’s ShortFilmFestival Hamburg (Germany) Lucca Film Festival & Europa Cinema (Italy) Cine’Ambjent - Environmental Film Fest 2019 (Italy) SICAF2019 International Animated Film Festival (Korea) International Short Film Festival Detmold (Germany) Turku Animated Film Festival (Finland) OFF - Odense International Film Festival (Denmark) PORTO FEMME International Film Festival (Portugal) Deptford AnimaDocs Symposium-Festival (GB) Kurzfilmwanderung Leipzig (DE) Mirror Mountain film Festival, Ottawa (Canada) Under the Radar (Austria) Busho - Budapest Short Film Festival (Hungary) Ars Independent Festival (Poland) International Documentary Festival Ierapetra (Greece) 9th Cairo Video Festival (Egypt) Oaxaca FilmFest (Mexico) LINOLEUM Animation Festival (Ukraine) Orscheler Filmfest 2019 (Germany) Marmostra (Portugal) Open Eyes (Germany) 5th Atlantic International Film Festival (Columbia) BFI London (GB) Kurzfilmfestival Köln (Germany) Kaboom Animation Festival (the Netherlands) 64th Cork Film Festival (Irland) Filem’On festival (Belgium) PÖFF Shorts (Estonia) DOK Leipzig (Germany) Primanima World Festival of First Animations (Hungary) International Short Film Festival Canton (China) Reanimania (Armenia) Animasivo (Mexico) Animateka (Slovenija) Melbourne Short Film Festival (Australia)

Almost Famous: Kim I Am by The New York Times



Kim Hill was a rising singer. She met a young rapper named will.i.am. The rest is history — or is it? By Ben Proudfoot. Read the story here: https://nyti.ms/35uuYGW

Thursday, December 26, 2019

THE FOREIGNER by Clancy Chassay



A short film set in the immediate aftermath of a deadly airstrike on an apartment building. Written and directed by former conflict reporter Clancy Chassay, and starring Michael Stahl David.

PASSAGE by Simon Feat



Quand le soleil se couche, l’activité terrestre ralentit et s’endort. Les étoiles apparaissent dans le ciel noir, profond et immuable, et les cycles courts et vivaces de la vie terrestre laissent place aux éternités cosmiques. C’est le moment que choisit une âme minuscule pour quitter le plan terrestre. When the sun goes down, terrestrial activity slows down, cools off, and falls asleep. The stars appear in the deep black sky and the short cycles of terrestrial life give way to cosmic eternities. That is the moment chosen by a tiny soul to leave the Earth. * Audience Award — PIAFF 2018 * Sapporo Breweries Award — New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2018

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Let's Not Go Away by Blue Zoo



Every Christmas we do something a bit unique that represents and challenges our studio's diverse styles and skills. This time we have turned to our new dedicated 2D animation studio who have created something very special. The first 2D #BZshorts film is directed by People and Talent Coordinator, Katie Gascoyne. Our commitment to pioneering new talent and giving opportunities to ALL staff is at the heart of the shorts program. This year, there was a blind pitch where the whole company was invited to pitch an idea for the music video to Scouting for Girl’s Christmas single. Specifically, the brief asked for an “odd couple.” Katie won the blind pitch with a heart-warming pairing between Dan, a living gingerbread man, and his human girlfriend, Mandy. Directed By Katie Gascoyne Storyboard By Luke Allen Jacques Gauthier Art Direction Jacques Gauthier Development Andrew Scott Jovan de Melo Maeva Verdun Adam Willis Larisa Bumb Francesco Guarini Character Design Tena Galovic Katie Gascoyne Prop Design Eva Strautkalne Illustration Sophie Gallo Rigging Plamen Ananiev Niki Kehoe Elijah Mazur Sonia Naqvi Georgia Read-Smith Background Design Sam Bailey Kasia Brzezińska Charlotte West Background Layout Farhad Chams Sebastian König Charlotte West Wei Wu Background Paint Alice Geoffriault Lucy Munro Niccolo Magni Jovan De Melo Junior Nicola Coppack Katie Barry Maeva Verdun Animation Lead Mateus Lima Animators Emilliano Alcocer Stefanos Chrysanthou Michael Logar Lewis Nash Marcelo Perin Giulia Ranialo Saeed Rezvani Billy Shing Joe Sutherland Fernanda Valverde Eduardo Vazquez Elnaz Forouhari Comp & FX Stuart Geddis Millie Spouse Jodi Henry Tania Maccaferri Pipeline TD Chris Carter Edit Alec Smith Music ‘Let’s Not Go Away’ a Song by Scouting For Girls Music & Lyrics by Roy Stride, David Freedman, Jackson Freedman Sound Design John Sutherland Exec producer Oli Hyatt Producer Denise Green Production Manager Nikitha Mannam Special Thanks Tom Box Adam Shaw Laura Annis Sony Music All @ Blue Zoo Made by Blue Zoo Animation Studios © Blue Zoo Productions Ltd 2019

Arc'teryx Presents: Out On A Limb by Jordan Manley



Empathy, efficiency, and a willingness to adapt – Kai Lin’s KLIPPA prosthetic foot is inspired by mountain goats and a desire to help people. Kai’s story explores his unlikely alliance with Arc’teryx athlete, Craig DeMartino, from which the pair serve up a holy grail for adaptive rock climbers – a badass prosthetic foot, that won’t just level the playing field, but will dish up, if not superpowers, then a real sense of empowerment. Which is almost the same thing. Part 1 of the Arc'teryx series "Problem Solvers". Directed by: Jordan Manley Featuring: Kai Lin & Craig Demartino Producers: Diana Bruccullieri Angela Percival James Kim Jill Young Laura Yale Cinematography, Editing, Sound Design: Jordan Manley Additional Sound Design and Mix: Jeff Yellen / Ridgeline Sound Animation: Jordan Manley and Daniel Irvine Editorial Advisors: Daniel Irvine and Chad Manley Grip, Assistant Camera, Assistant Editor: Bill Hawley Rigging: Cyndy DeMartino Paul McSorely Angela Vanwiemeersch Ken Gibson

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Magic of Hong Kong: Behind the scenes. Timelab.pro by Timelab.pro



Some backstage shots from our shooting in Hong Kong. Original video nominated for the video of the year: https://ift.tt/2pTOUTV Music: 1. Virtual Shock - Cymatix 2. Won - Kanto & Dough-Boy, Timelab video edit Thanks DJI and Venus Optics for Laowa 9mm lens for Inspire 2 X7

FULL MOON - Night Skiing Without Artificial Light by El Flamingo Films



Night skiing without artificial light: Closing lift stations and the setting sun mark the end of the action for most skiers. Not for Max Kroneck and Jochen Mesle. While ski towns fall asleep they head into the mountains and see them awaking in a new light. The snow starts glistening again. It ́s just the sound of their skis turning in fresh snow that breaks the silence of the full moon night. "Some of you might have been on a full moon ski tour before. It ́s a really special vibe which is hard to describe when you haven ́t experienced it by yourself. With this movie we wanted to capture that feeling of being out there skiing in a clear full moon night. There is not much that distracts you from the pure beauty of the mountains." - Jochen Mesle Of course backcountry skiing at night is a challenge, but to shoot it without any artificial light at all was a different story. The team spent nine intense nights shooting and ski touring in the Austrian alps in winter 2019 to create this film. AWARDS: Audience Award Filmfest St. Anton 2019 Finalist Banff Mountain Film Festival 2019 Finalist Awe Category Roam Awards 2019 (90sec Cutdown) CREDITS: Production: El Flamingo (www.el-flamingo.de) Directors: Jochen Mesle, Max Kroneck, Philipp Becker, Johannes Müller Additional Camera: Johannes Hoffmann (https://ift.tt/1fMDkfo), Skykopter (www.SKY-COPTER.at) Photography: Max Kroneck, Jochen Mesle, Julian Rohn (http://julianrohn.com), Rasmus Kaessmann (https://ift.tt/37a2yTj) PRESENTED BY: SILVRETTA MONTAFON (https://ift.tt/2ELPI1o) and MONTAFON (https://ift.tt/2QeV7TY) SUPPORTED BY: Picture Organic Clothing: https://ift.tt/2ZWowJw Fischer: https://ift.tt/2bDtbGn Alpina Sports: https://ift.tt/2Tj7NN4 Contour Skins: http://www.kochalpin.at Evoc: www.evoc.de Head Ski: http://head.com SOUNDTRACK: Epoch by Blake Ewing Sway (Instrumental) by Slowblink (www.musicbed.com)

Monday, December 23, 2019

AFTERWORK by MATTE CG



A short film by Luis Usón. Co-directed by Andrés Aguilar (ichi) Groompy is a rabbit playing the lead in a popular cartoon series. But after work his life is dull and monotonous. One night the object he so much desires appears in front of him... the carrot from the cartoons. Produced by MATTE CG in collaboration with Uson Studio & Apus Estudios